Exploring Survivor Experiences and Emotions Expressed about Loss and Responsibility Following a Thrombosis Event

We explored the experiences and emotions women expressed about having a blood clot, including revelations about family members' decision to avoid disclosing inherited risk for clotting. We do this through analysis of in-depth life reflection interviews (N = 20) of women who experienced a first venous blood clot between the ages of 18 and 50 years. Selective coding reduced the data to an overarching story associated with thrombosis survivorship and loss across multiple life domains. The themes identified include participant revelations about living in the shadow of genetic susceptibility for thrombosis. Participants manage changes associated with lingering health effects, and daily routines for work and life, adapting their lives to manage coagulability. A second theme reveals the fallout linked to the severity of thrombosis encompassed in haunting psychological scenarios, persistent emotional concerns, and social discrimination. Participants assumed responsibility to disclose inherited risk, with the women expressing empowerment in knowing risks and acknowledging possible genetic testing mistakes. The overarching perspective was one of hope through proactive actions in occupational, recreational, and relational realms. We offer our findings as a theoretical depiction of thrombosis survivor identity and the need for public health and clinical communication to support disclosing family history for clotting.     

基于股东利益要求及其实现方式的非财务指标披露程度实证研究

国内外从未有人从股东角度进行过非财务指标披露程度排序研究和分组研究,从股东角度出发,对股东所关注的反映其利益要求和实现方式信息的非财务指标的披露程度进行了排序研究和分组研究。对企业非财务指标信息,企业除应当进行法定性披露和习惯性披露外,还应当根据本企业股东特点和本企业股东对非财务指标关注的需要以及关注程度的差异对股东所关注的非财务指标信息进行科学、恰当的自愿性详细披露,以满足本企业股东关注相关信息的需要。对不同类别股东披露程度存在显著差异的非财务指标,企业应当特别需要加强披露。     

The effect of twitter dissemination on cost of equity: A big data approach

Reducing information asymmetry between investors and a firm can have an impact on the cost of equity, especially in an environment or times of uncertainty. New technologies can potentially help disseminate corporate financial information, reducing such asymmetries. In this paper we analyse firms’ dissemination decisions using Twitter, developing a comprehensive measure of the amount of financial information that a company makes available to investors (iDisc) from a big data of firms’ tweets (1,197,208 tweets). Using a sample of 4131 firm-year observations for 791 non-financial firms listed on the US NASDAQ stock exchange over the period 2009–2015, we find evidence that iDisc significantly reduces the cost of equity. These results are pronounced for less visible firms which are relatively small in size, have a low analyst following and a small number of investors. Highly visible firms are less likely to benefit from iDisc in influencing their cost of equity as other communication channels may have widely disseminated their financial information. Our investigations encourage managers to consider the benefits of directly spreading a firm’s financial information to stakeholders and potential investors using social media in order to reduce firm equity premium (COE).     

基于股东利益要求及其实现方式的非财务指标披露程度实证研究

国内外从未有人从股东角度进行过非财务指标披露程度排序研究和分组研究,从股东角度出发,对股东所关注的反映其利益要求和实现方式信息的非财务指标的披露程度进行了排序研究和分组研究。对企业非财务指标信息,企业除应当进行法定性披露和习惯性披露外,还应当根据本企业股东特点和本企业股东对非财务指标关注的需要以及关注程度的差异对股东所关注的非财务指标信息进行科学、恰当的自愿性详细披露,以满足本企业股东关注相关信息的需要。对不同类别股东披露程度存在显著差异的非财务指标,企业应当特别需要加强披露。     

中国移植美国域外证据开示程序相关问题探讨

证据开示程序因其利于提高诉讼效率、促进和解、保证司法公正等优点,为多国仿效并移植;中国的诉讼体制环境、民族文化特点和司法制度等异于美国,特别是现代法律文化尚不成熟,目前还不具备移植条件。     

公共数据开放制度的价值定位与实现路径

国际上公共数据开放被赋予了透明政府、社会治理、公共服务、促进数据经济发展等多重价值。基于对国际理论的效仿和对国家政策表述的简单照抄,我国各地公共数据开放制度没能精细区分公共数据开放制度的价值目标和价值效果,导致价值定位不清晰,造成公共数据开放效果不理想。本文梳理公共数据开放运动的发展历史,立足我国的制度实践分析造成公共数据开放定义不清晰的内在原因,提出应当以价值目标为导向,重新界定公共数据开放概念;并以此为基础,重新建构不同类型的公共数据开放机制,以期对我国公共数据开放制度完善和实践发展提供助益。     

A taxonomy of duties to report child sexual abuse: Legal developments offer new ways to facilitate disclosure

Background: Child sexual abuse is undisclosed for many reasons that are resistant to change. Citizens can play an important role in disclosing cases of child sexual abuse to authorities. Professionals who deal with children also play a crucial role. Office-holders in organisations have a clear responsibility to prevent cover-ups of sexual abuse. Recently, some countries have created important new legal duties for adults to disclose child sexual abuse.Objectives: This article creates a contemporary taxonomy of duties to disclose cases of child sexual abuse, and explains their nature and justification.Participants and setting: Citizens, professionals dealing with children in the course of their work, and managers of child and youth-serving organisations.Methods: Legal analysis created a taxonomy of reporting duties. Analysis of these duties from perspectives of criminal jurisprudence, public health law, children’s rights and ethics considered their justification.Results: Seven legal duties now exist, in criminal law, civil law and child protection law. Some apply to all citizens; others to managers in organisations; others to professionals dealing with children in the course of their work. All the duties are directed to early detection of cases; some are directed towards prevention; and some are focused on avoidance of institutional corruption.Conclusions: These developments represent historic progress in overcoming normally intractable barriers to disclosure of cases of child sexual abuse. New legal duties are consistent with principles from criminal jurisprudence, public health law, children’s rights and ethics. Where adopted, societies should ensure the creation and maintenance of ecological conditions in which these duties can be observed.     

从汶川大地震分析政府信息公开的意义

汶川大地震对中国是一次巨大的冲击,这一事件多元的影响会逐渐显现出来。从信息角度看,大地震也为中国政府提供了推动政府信息公开重大改革的机会,本文分析了政府信息公开的方法和意义,叙述了信息公开对于中国未来深化政府体制改革、推动中国的民主化和政治体制改革的重要意义。